Question

A rock drawing in Spain from about 7000 B.C. shows a man who has climbed a hillside, found a crevice holding a hive, and is reaching in to grab the honey. Indeed, a lucky wanderer in just about any part of Europe, Africa, or Asia that wasn’t covered with ice could stumble on a hive and—at the risk of some stings—come away with a treat. (People in the Americas had no bees, so used syrups made from maple trees, agave cactus, or mashed fruits for their sweeteners.) Then someone figured out that you didn't have to be lucky. You could hollow out a log near bees, and they would make it their home. You could “keep” bees—you didn’t have to find them.

–Sugar Changed the World,
Marc Aronson and Marina Budhos

How is the text structured in this passage from the prologue?

It has a chronological structure because it shows the evolution of different sweeteners over time.
It has a cause-and-effect structure because it shows how a rock drawing led to the use of sweeteners.
It has a compare-and-contrast structure because it describes similarities and differences between different sweeteners.
It has a problem-and-solution structure because it shows how ancient people solved the dilemma of finding sweeteners.

Answer 1

Problem-and-solution.

The passage presents the problem (people had to luck into finding wild hives for honey) and then the solution (people learned to hollow logs and keep bees), with the parenthetical about the Americas providing context about different sweeteners.